A wordpress site of mine got hacked and there appears to be a favicon left by the hacker.
I cannot see it anywhere in the theme, there is no shortcut line in the header
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/favicon.ico" />
Any ideas where this file can be?
This is due to caching. You have to refresh it to remove the old icon.
Locate the favicon resource of your site by navigating to <YOUR SITE URL>/favicon.ico in your browser and do a hard refresh.
If the above doesn't work, try setting a new favicon by adding this to your current theme's header.php file.
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/favicon.ico?ver=new" /> and upload the new favicon to the appropriate location.
